Monday, 30 July 2012

With the new version of Warhammer 40k allowing fortifications to be bought as part of your army, I wanted to try and make something for my necrons (given that the only kit available is for the Imperial Armies). So this is my version of the Aegis Defense Line with a necron theme.

There are two main sub components, a short and a long barricade. The short has two vanes/spars and the long has four.

The barricades are made from laser-cut cardboard that is 1.3mm thick which sandwiches a layer of clear perspex that is 1.5mm thick. The perspex was also laser cut.

The perspex was spraypainted with a thin coat of gloss green as I cannot get tinted perspex at that thickness.

Everything was painted before assembly.

There are three sets of the long/short barricades and these can be stacked to make a sizable defensive perimeter.

The necron glyphs are repeated on the back of the piece in a mirror of the front. The translucent green is supposed to represent an energy field rather than a physical material, with the little pieces being suspended in it.

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

I have completed the first of my "new" necrons, part of a large order done for my birthday.

The canoptek wraith models are incredibly detailed an brilliant to paint.

I rushed the paint job a little as I was eager to get them on the table but I have another three still to paint and I will take my time with those.

The back carapace was painted with an airbrush and have a nice gradient from blue to dark blue. This is the first infantry-level model I have tried to use an airbrush on and it was a learning curve. Next time I will paint more of it on the sprue.

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I've been playing wargames and RPGs since 1984. Warhammer 40k has always been my first love.
I prefer to paint and scratch build though, and play quite rarely. Recently I have started experimenting with laser cutting components.
My friends encouraged me to try and sell some of the better efforts and so I have set up a web store too.
This blog was started to encourage me to finish all the unpainted miniatures I had collected over the years.
It still does that but now it also highlights the R&D of the laser cut stuff.